When Even the Economists Notice, You Know It's a Problem
The Wall Street Journal has a good story about how many of the most fervent advocates of unfettered free trade...
March 2007 Archives
March 30, 2007
March 29, 2007
Labor Linkage for Thursday, March 29
The marriage of hypocrisy and corruption in Washington (David Sirota) The Disposable Workforce (Michael Shedlock) Wal-Mart Walks Away (Working...
Look! A Foot! Shoot It!
Circuit City, the second-largest retail electronics chain in America, has announced that they are firing 3,400 of their highest-paid workers...
Southern Poverty Law Center Documents Systematic Abuse in Guestworker Programs
Mary Bauer, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Immigrant Justice Project, presented her report Close to Slavery: Guestworker Programs...
Justice for Janitors Campaign Plays Starring Role in Houston HR Conference
The Houston janitors and their high-profile, successful campaign to organize downtown office buildings were a hot topic at a conference...
March 28, 2007
Labor Linkage for Wednesday, March 28
"Our Low-Wage Nation", by Tula Connell at the Bonddad Blog "Walmart does not really have the lowest prices always",...
March 23, 2007
Senate Committee Vote is Important Step
The Teamsters scored a significant victory today in the fight to stop President Bush's reckless plan to open the United...
March 19, 2007
The Gloves Are Off
The United Food and Commercial Workers Union, joined by the AFL-CIO, has successfully pressured the Bush Administration to rule on...
March 15, 2007
Hoffa: Trucks Not Ready for Our Roads
Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa wrote the following letter to the editor, which ran in today's Washington Post. The...
March 14, 2007
Carpenters Using Text-Messaging to Connect with Young Workers
The Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters has begun utilizing new methods and 21st century technology to connect with the...
March 9, 2007
Campaign to Change Wal-Mart is on Investors' Radar
Wall Street investors have taken notice of the broad effort to change Wal-Mart’s harmful business practices. Bank of America...
March 7, 2007
Tragedy in Tulsa
Tragic news today from Cintas: Eleazar Torres-Gomez, a Cintas worker at an industrial laundry facility in Tulsa, died at work...
Free Trade Policy Has Failed
(Also posted at The Hill's Congress Blog) The free trade model of the past is failed policy. The only way...
NY Times to Bush: Put your pen where your mouth is
A New York Times editorial yesterday challenged President Bush to live up to his promises and sign the Employee...
March 2, 2007
Quality Affordable Health Care for All, Not Tax Cuts for the Rich
Sixty-four percent of Americans now say the government should guarantee quality affordable health care for all, according to the...
March 1, 2007
In Case of Bad Day At Work, Break Glass
For every working person who's ever had a tough day on the job: here's your anthem. If you're feeling...